While the battle for 2014's Golden Snowball trophy rages on, Syracuse nearly won another wintry honor.

Syracuse University was named the snowiest college in the country, according to a new list by AccuWeather. However, the weather news organization later changed the list, making Michigan Technological University the new No. 1. The school, located in Houghton, Mich., gets roughly 200 inches of snowfall annually.

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Syracuse University sees an average of 124 inches of snow per year, thanks largely to Central New York's lake effect phenomenon. The updated AccuWeather list placed SU at No. 2 -- and added SUNY Oswego as "tied" with SU.

Three other upstate New York schools made the top 10 as well: Cornell University ranked 9th with 65 inches of annual snowfall; University at Buffalo came in 4th with 94 inches of snow; and the University of Rochester finished 3rd, averaging 99 inches of snow.

Rankings were compiled for a top 10 list based on each school's annual average snowfall.

Syracuse is frequently recognized as the snowiest city, and last year was named by The Atlantic as one of eight cities with "America's crummiest winters."